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Hippeastrum ferreyrae

Hippeastrum ferreyrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Hippeastrum
Species: H. ferreyrae
Binomial name
Hippeastrum ferreyrae
(Traub) Gereau & Brako
Synonyms

Amaryllis ferreyrae Traub


Amaryllis ferreyrae Traub

Hippeastrum ferreyrae is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the Amaryllidaceae family, native to Peru.

Hippeastrum ferreyrae is considered an endangered species according to the IUCN (1997).

The species was first described and named by Hamilton Paul Traub in 1950 as Amaryllis ferreyrae. It was transferred to the genus Hippeastrum by Roy Emile Gereau and Lois Brako in 1993.



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